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A review by crikeycrawfish
The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker
2.0
2.5 stars
Okay so I know this rating looks bad but honestly this was not a bad book. I enjoyed the story a lot but had some issues with some plot and world building stuff that I couldn't see past. Which I had made a note in my phone of those issues and now can't find it so I will be doing my best to remember said issues so that I can express why I gave it such a low rating (which is very unlike me).
Okay my BIGGEST issue with this whole book which really was a tiny part but bothered me so much was this weird brush off of what was going on between Elizabeth and the King. It is pretty heavily implied but never explicitly stated that the King was forcing Elizabeth to have sex with him????? Like I don't know if it had happened already or if it was going to happen soon but the fact of the matter is is the fact that the king wanted to force her into sex is really what propelled the beginning of this plot? Because that's why she had the witch's herbs on her that got her accused of witch craft. But it's just like never fully addressed? And I think that was absolutely terrible that not one character ever directly said "the king should pay for what they have done"
Like there is a part near the end of the book where Elizabeth says: "I don't like Malcolm (the King); he took a part of me I can never get back... I don't want to see them die." Excuse me why tf not???? Like that is literally the extent of this is addressed and I could not get over that no matter how hard I tried.
Another issue I had; why are the Witch Hunters considered to be so dangerous? Like it has said so many times that they're dangerous but the only thing that makes them seem dangerous is there healing ability? I mean they talk all the time about their great fighting skills but I didn't really get to see much of that. Like all the combat in the book is very brushed over and rushed. Like they fight giant creatures but it's over in like 2 seconds and I wanted so much more of that.
There were so many issues with the climax in my opinion. It felt too hard like they were trying to make it "what's real and what's not?" But it didn't really work for me and nothing felt like it was being pulled off correctly. Like the idea was there but the execution was not.
Where did Schuyler go after the rock exploded? Him not being there afterwards made no sense and his disappearance felt like it was only used to make it seem like it wasn't real but it only made me confused.
And John???? There's no way that was the appropriate time to confess you're love. Like straight up why.
Why the rain off rain on thing. I feel like the author was trying to make a dramatic scene but it just didn't make any sense.
I know that was a lot of ranting and that made it seem like a bad book but I'm really not trying to put people off of it because I did enjoy it but man were there some issues. There were more but I lost the note in my phone so this was the best I could do haha
I own the second book and I'll probably read it but if I didn't already own it I can't say I would work too hard at getting it.
Okay so I know this rating looks bad but honestly this was not a bad book. I enjoyed the story a lot but had some issues with some plot and world building stuff that I couldn't see past. Which I had made a note in my phone of those issues and now can't find it so I will be doing my best to remember said issues so that I can express why I gave it such a low rating (which is very unlike me).
Okay my BIGGEST issue with this whole book which really was a tiny part but bothered me so much was this weird brush off of what was going on between Elizabeth and the King. It is pretty heavily implied but never explicitly stated that the King was forcing Elizabeth to have sex with him????? Like I don't know if it had happened already or if it was going to happen soon but the fact of the matter is is the fact that the king wanted to force her into sex is really what propelled the beginning of this plot? Because that's why she had the witch's herbs on her that got her accused of witch craft. But it's just like never fully addressed? And I think that was absolutely terrible that not one character ever directly said "the king should pay for what they have done"
Like there is a part near the end of the book where Elizabeth says: "I don't like Malcolm (the King); he took a part of me I can never get back... I don't want to see them die." Excuse me why tf not???? Like that is literally the extent of this is addressed and I could not get over that no matter how hard I tried.
Another issue I had; why are the Witch Hunters considered to be so dangerous? Like it has said so many times that they're dangerous but the only thing that makes them seem dangerous is there healing ability? I mean they talk all the time about their great fighting skills but I didn't really get to see much of that. Like all the combat in the book is very brushed over and rushed. Like they fight giant creatures but it's over in like 2 seconds and I wanted so much more of that.
There were so many issues with the climax in my opinion. It felt too hard like they were trying to make it "what's real and what's not?" But it didn't really work for me and nothing felt like it was being pulled off correctly. Like the idea was there but the execution was not.
Where did Schuyler go after the rock exploded? Him not being there afterwards made no sense and his disappearance felt like it was only used to make it seem like it wasn't real but it only made me confused.
And John???? There's no way that was the appropriate time to confess you're love. Like straight up why.
Why the rain off rain on thing. I feel like the author was trying to make a dramatic scene but it just didn't make any sense.
I know that was a lot of ranting and that made it seem like a bad book but I'm really not trying to put people off of it because I did enjoy it but man were there some issues. There were more but I lost the note in my phone so this was the best I could do haha
I own the second book and I'll probably read it but if I didn't already own it I can't say I would work too hard at getting it.